EAST CHICAGO â City firefighters are asking a federal judge to side with them in a labor dispute with the mayor.
Some 38 members of the East Chicago Professional Firefighters Local 365 are suing Mayor Anthony Copeland this week in U.S. District Court in Hammond.
They demand the judge restore their old on-duty/off-duty schedule and force Copelandâs administration to pay for depriving them of sleep, family time and their freedom of political expression.
Carla Morgan, an attorney for the mayor, said Copeland will reserve comment until they study the newly filed litigation. The mayor has repeatedly denied he is wreaking political retaliation on the firefighters.
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